Kavaklı ( el, Καβακλή) is a town (''
belde'') in the
Kırklareli District,
Kırklareli Province
Kırklareli Province ( tr, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in northwestern Turkey on the west coast of the Black Sea. The province neighbours Bulgaria to the north along a long border. It borders the province of Edirne to the west and the ...
, Turkey. Its population is 4,682 (2022).
It is situated on the state road
D.555 which connects
Kırklareli to
Ä°stanbul. Prior to
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...
, the population of Kavaklı was composed of
Greeks and
Bulgarians living in the
Ottoman Empire. After the Balkan Wars, Bulgarians left for Kavakli in
Bulgaria, the Greeks were scattered throughout Greece, and the
Turks from Bulgaria settled in Kavakli. Later, Turks from
Greece and
Serbia also settled in Kavakli.
Mayor's page
/ref> In 1968, Kavaklı was declared a seat of township. Both agriculture and industry play a part in town economy.
References
Populated places in Kırklareli District
Towns in Turkey
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